Dreaming of a Silver and White Christmas

Happy Monday, peeps!  Hope you had a nice weekend...we had rain, sun, more rain....but it was still nice!  I haven't made a Christmas card for a while, so I thought I'd throw my hat in the Christmas Card Throwdown, which is looking for silver and white, the Krafty Chicks Christmas challenge, and the Fab Friday sketch: 

I still have lots of  Feels Like Frost DSP, and despite the challenge it is to photograph, I used it anyway:

I used two patterns for the sketch, then diecut some poinsettias from Thick White Cardstock, adding silver centers and berries, then heat-embossed a sentiment from Itty Bitty Christmas with silver embossing powder:

Here's another angle....still difficult to capture with the foil!

Saturday was spring clean-up at church.  LeAnne stayed home while the rest of the family raked, pulled leaves and got very wet and grubby!!!

We have a fairly large piece of property; there is a manse on the opposite side of the church as well; the property still has horse sheds from when people used horse and carriages to come to church!

Cassidy got right to work:

But they did get to take breaks, LOL!

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Itty Bitty Christmas
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Silver Foil, Feels Like Frost DSP (ret)
Ink	Silver Encore (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Silver Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Poinsettias Dies, Tasteful Labels Dies,  Heat Tool

PP536 Thoughts and Prayers

 Happy Sunday, everyone!  I am the hostess this week at the Paper Players and I have a color challenge for you:

I think this is a nice color combo for masculine cards, or vintage patriotic cards, or anything else that appeals to you!  Unfortunately, I needed another sympathy card, my third for the week, (why do they always come in threes?) for a gentleman who used to attend our church:

I have been wanting to use these Stitched Leaves dies for a while; once autumn turned to winter, I kind of forgot all about them!  I cut one from Merry Merlot and used various DSPs for the rest of the card:

My neutral is Very Vanilla, and the sentiment is from the retired Wishing You Well.  The inside sentiment is from Woven Heirlooms:

And the sketch is from a new-to-me challenge, Stamping Pals:

The design team has come up with some fun samples using these colors!  Be sure to stop by the Paper Players blog to check them all out.  Then put on your creative thinking cap and show us your artistry as well!  Can't wait to see you there!

A couple more Easter cards, this one is from Danni:

and from Teri:

These girls make me feel so special!  Thanks!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Woven Heirlooms, Wishing You Well (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Merry Merlot, Misty Moonlight DSP, Plaid Tidings DSP (ret)
Ink	Merry Merlot
Accessories	Linen Thread, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangles Dies, Stitched Leaves Dies

FMS 480

 Hi everyone, happy Saturday!  The FMS sketch this week was so cool:

I have a Penny Black die that I haven't used much but I knew it would work well with this sketch!  I also hadn't used my Forever Greenery DSP too much, so I combined the two:

I cut a Whisper White panel with the die, then embossed each side with one of the Greenery EFs.  I added a panel of the DSP, but I didn't like how it was showing through the little diecut holes, so before adhering it, I traced the curve on a piece of Shaded Spruce cardstock and backed the edge with it.  I adhered the pieces together and put them on a Shaded Spruce card base.  My final addition was a sentiment from Lots of Heart, diecut with a Tasteful Labels die and backed with another piece cut from the same die:

I left the inside blank, so I could use it for whatever occasion arises!

A few more Easter cards; this one is from Sally:

and Doris:

and from Robyn:

All so pretty and thoughtful!  Thanks for popping in today!  Be sure to come back tomorrow as I am the hostess at the Paper Players!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Lots of Heart
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Shaded Spruce, Forever Greenery DSP
Ink	Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tasteful Labels Dies, Curved Stitch Die (Penny Black)

CASC&S414 Welcoming Window

The color challenge from CAS Colours & Sketches was an interesting one; my first thought was Christmas, but ending going in another direction!  Here's the palette:

And here's my card:

It's all pretty self-explanatory; the elements were stamped and diecut with the Window Flower Box dies and mounted on a Stitched So Sweetly panel, and that's on top of a Mossy Meadow DSP panel:

The inside panel was stamped with the little corner viney stamp...so cute!  

I just love playing with this set...these little dies are so fun to work with!  Thanks for popping in today!

Thought I would share some of the lovely Easters cards I received this year!

This is from Mollie:

and Kathy:

and from Karen:

More to come!  Thanks ladies!  And thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." Romans 15:5-6

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Welcoming Window
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow DSP
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Merry Merlot, Bumblebee
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Window Flower Box Dies, Stitched So Sweetly Dies

Tic Tac Toe 108 Best Kid Ever

 Happy Thursday, peeps!  A new Tic Tac Toe challenge is on deck for today; here's the grid:

I chose the bottom row across of Patterned Paper, Any Shape Die, and Stencil!  And I love how this little boy card turned out!!

The Dino Days set is so fun, and I am sad it is retiring!  I just didn't get a chance to use it enough!  I stamped this dinosauer in Old Olive and Bermuda Bay to coordinate with the Ice Cream Corner DSP I used:

I used the Basic Pattern masks (stencil) to create my background, and can you see the mat behind the polka-dotted paper?  I used DECKLE-EDGED scissors to cut that!  Who remembers them?  One of my first purchases from SU way back in the early 2000s!  I added some Mossy Meadow Braided Trim and a sentiment from the retired Boys Will Be Boys!  I added a palm tree and mounted everything on a Cinnamon Cider card base.  For fun, I added another dino on the inside:

I never have enough little boy cards in my stash, so this one will get used quickly, I'm sure!  What will inspired you from our Tic Tac Toe board this week?  Share it with us at the blog, can't wait to see what you create!  Thanks for popping in today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dino Days, Boys Will Be Boys (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Old Olive, Cinnamon Cider, Ice Cream Corner DSP
Ink	Old Olive, Bermuda Bay, Cinnamon Cider
Accessories	Mossy Meadow Braided Trim, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Dino Dies, Layering Squares Dies, Tasteful Labels Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies,  Basic Pattern Masks, Blending Brush, Deckle Edge Scissors (ret)

IB169 Sweet Cupcake Flowers

Happy Thursday, everyone!  It's time for a new Inspired By, and I think I have gained a couple hundred calories just by looking at these luscious treats:

My eye caught that sweet little green and purple cupcake up in the left corner; it reminded me of the little wild violets I would pick as a child, a sweet little bunch of them for my grandmother!  And purple is always a challenge for me, so I decided to go for it:

My Pierced Blooms dies came to my rescue; I diecut some from Gorgeous Grape, with centers of Daffodil Delight and a circular panel of Lemon Lime Twist (which I was sure that I would never  use again, LOL!). To give a little interest to the circle, I stamped it with Versamark using a retired stamp called Dot, Dot, Dot.  I love that the Versamark makes the stamped image just a shade darker than the cardstock itself...subtle but nice!  I added a white scalloped mat and little "bow" of Highland Heather, along with a sentiment from Here's A Card:

To give some texture to the background, I added a layer of Whisper White, embossed with the Ornate Floral EF!  A little rhinestone finished it off!  

There is LOTS of inspiration to be found in our cupcake photo today---take one or take them all!  Share them with us at Inspired By so we can be inspired too!  Thanks for popping in today!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Here's a Card, Dot, Dot, Dot (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Lemon Lime Twist (ret)
Ink	Gorgeous Grape, Versamark
Accessories	Pretty Peacock Rhinestone (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Pierced Blooms Dies, Layering Circles Dies

TMS600 Plane Awesome

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I have a "plane" and simple card today---a masculine one using the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches:

I needed a masculine birthday card and this sketch fit the bill! I inked up the plane image from a Unity stamp set called For The Guys in Misty Moonlight and mounted it on a panel of blue printed paper with a patriotic banner: 

The sentiment is part of the same set, stamped in Night of Navy.  And who remembers BRADS?! I still have a whole bunch of them, and I managed to find a couple white ones and a navy one, so colored one of the white ones with a Cherry Cobbler Blend and it worked just fine!  Simple, easy and quick!  Thanks for popping in today!

Before Easter, John, Wayne and some of the other men in our church got together to do some maintenance work; for one, the smoke detector on the ceiling needed a new battery.  Our sanctuary is on the second floor and the ceilings are probably 25' high.  They first had to remove one of the center pews and sit it up on some plywood; they are really big pews and very heavy:

John rented a special ladder so he could climb to the ceiling; just looking at this makes my stomach turn:

But they got it done!  Wayne was the photographer...the other guys offered words of encouragement, I guess!  LOL!  Glad my gifts only require working on the ground at kitchen level!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

 "Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.  Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, 

so that you may know how to answer everyone." Colossians 4:5-6

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	For the Guys (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Misty Moonlight, Misc DSP (from my stash, a gift)
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy
Accessories	Brads (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, 1/16" Hole Punch, Cherry Cobbler Blend